Guardian Scalelord
- Mana cost
- {4}{W}
- Type
- Creature — Dragon
- Power / toughness
- 3 / 4
- Set
- March of the Machine Commander #103 (rare)
- Price
- $3.58 USD
Backup 1 (When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. If that's another creature, it gains the following abilities until end of turn.)
Flying
Whenever this creature attacks, return target nonland permanent card with mana value X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield, where X is this creature's power.
Guardian Scalelord has 3 printings, first in March of the Machine Commander (2023). EDHREC ranks it #4,702 among Commander cards. It appears most in Quintorius, History Chaser decks (7,001 on EDHREC). 2 public decks on TCG run it. It has 5 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Public decks that run Guardian Scalelord
- Call for Backup - March of the Machine Commander, led by Bright-Palm, Soul Awakener
- Lorehold Spirit - Secrets of Strixhaven, led by Quintorius, History Chaser
Commanders that run Guardian Scalelord most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Quintorius, History Chaser: 7,001 decks
- Bright-Palm, Soul Awakener: 1,903 decks
- Shalai and Hallar: 1,655 decks
- Estinien Varlineau: 840 decks
- Zurgo and Ojutai: 685 decks
- Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury: 617 decks
- Dromoka, the Eternal: 420 decks
- Rith, Liberated Primeval: 348 decks
Often played with Guardian Scalelord
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If a backup ability causes another creature to gain abilities, the creature with backup will still have those abilities.
- : The abilities that backup grants to the target creature are determined only once, at the time the ability triggers. They won't change if the permanent with backup loses any abilities before the backup ability resolves.
- : If a backup ability targets the creature with backup, that creature will get +1/+1 counters, but it won't gain additional abilities.
- : Backup confers only abilities that are actually printed below it. Any abilities that are gained by the permanent are ignored, including abilities gained due to a resolving spell or ability or copy effects.
- : If a permanent enters the battlefield as a copy of a card with a backup ability or a token is created that is a copy of that card, the order of the printed abilities is maintained.